The Wang Puppet Government in Nanjing established a branch of the Reserve Bank of China in Shenpu, preparing to vigorously promote the new legal currency.
After the establishment of the fake China Reserve Bank, it began to issue fake China Reserve Bank notes. The first batch of issues included 1 yuan, 5 yuan, 10 yuan notes and 1 cent, 5 cents, 1 jiao, 2 jiao and 5 jiao auxiliary currency notes.
As early as last year, Wang Puppet announced 11 articles of the "Interim Measures for Currency Arrangement", authorizing the Puppet Central Reserve Bank to issue so-called new legal tender and gradually withdraw legal tender (Wang Puppet calls it old legal tender).
At the beginning, legal currency and China Reserve Bonds were allowed to circulate at equal prices (except in some areas). At the same time, Zhou Hai issued a statement that if the old legal currency fell to a considerable extent, the new legal currency should be stabilized. While issuing counterfeit China Reserve Bonds, Wang Puppet also announced the "Measures for the Exchange of Old and New Legal Currencies."
The issuance of China Reserve Bonds is a serious threat to the legal currency of Shancheng.
Shancheng then gave an order to the Shenpu Station to make every effort to prevent the issuance of China Reserve Bonds, and at the same time sniped and killed Wang's pseudo-China Reserve Bonds related personnel.
After Xie Xuan received the notice, he hesitated. It is naturally necessary to prevent the occurrence of China Reserve Bonds, but killing those involved in the issuance of China Reserve Bonds will inevitably trigger strong revenge from Wang Puppet.
You know, the four major banks in Shancheng have all set up shop in the concession.
Although the concession was protected by foreigners, the military commanders were still rampant in the concession. How could the Japanese and puppets be willing to lag behind?
Mountain cities rely on raids, but the Japanese and puppets can openly kill people.
What if this is the case?
Xie Xuan called Shancheng back and expressed his thoughts tactfully: He could do his best to prevent the occurrence of China Reserve Bonds, but there was no need to kill Wang Puppet staff.
Soon, Dai Li called back and reprimanded the three Shenpu stations: We just want to use bullets and blood to arouse the people's enthusiasm for the war of resistance and create an atmosphere of terror in Shenpu. No matter how much blood is shed, it will be worth it.
As an agent, you must be iron-blooded and ruthless. Only loyalty to the country and the nation is enough.
Since Dai Li had such an attitude, it was natural for Xie Xuan to object, but Shenpu Station 3 did not provide relevant information.
However, Shancheng requested that banks, banks, and post offices in the concession be warned not to accept China Reserve Bonds. The Shenpu Money Industry Association also stated that it would suppress China Reserve Bonds.
There are many types of banknotes circulating in Shenpu, including legal tender issued by the National Government before the Anti-Japanese War. This is also the most widely circulated banknote in Shenpu.
However, on the eve of the issuance of China Reserve Bonds, the Japanese and puppets forcibly ordered them to deactivate them.
Of course, the government decrees of the Japanese and puppets are unreasonable, and legal tender is still popular among the people, and even ordinary people only recognize legal tender.
In addition to legal tender, there are also Japanese military tickets issued by the Japanese occupying forces.
Military notes are ostensibly worth the same amount as the Japanese yen, but they cannot be remitted to Japan. Moreover, military notes are issued almost without restriction, becoming a means for the Japanese army to plunder China's huge wealth.
The total number of issuances is even known to the Japanese army itself.
In addition, there are Huaxing bonds issued by the previous reform government, issued by Huaxing Commercial Bank, and are mainly popular in the occupied areas in the southeast.
The Provisional Government of North China also issued joint bank notes, which were issued by the China United Reserve Bank and were mainly circulated in the occupied areas of North China.
The Nanjing government has been recognized by Japan and naturally wants to issue currency.
After all, the Communist Party has issued border currency. How could the Nanjing government not know the benefits of printing money?
But it is not so easy for a new currency to gain public approval.
Everyone knows that the Nanjing government is a puppet government. Who dares to use this kind of money?
Moreover, the Nanjing government stipulates that one hundred French currency can only be exchanged for fifty China Reserve Bonds. No one knows whether China Reserve Bonds will become a piece of waste paper. Who dares to exchange the legal currency in their hands for China Reserve Bonds?
The Shenpu Branch of the Reserve Bank of China is located at the former site of the Russian Dowsheng Bank on the Bund. On the day the branch opened, Xie Xuan went to the Secret Service Department as usual.
"Xie Xuan, the Shenpu Branch of the Reserve Bank of China has opened, and everyone from the Secret Service Department came to support it."
As soon as I arrived on the second floor of Gaoyangfang, I happened to meet Li Junshi.
Xie Xuan asked: "With so many people coming, will it scare away real customers?"
Li Junshi smiled bitterly and said: "How can there be any real customers? There are hundreds of employees at the Shenpu Branch of the Reserve Bank of China. Anyone who can handle business needs one hand. Dean Zhou of Nanjing called and asked people from the Secret Service Department to Let’s get the numbers together.”
Xie Xuan asked deliberately: "Aren't there advertisements everywhere? How could there be no one?"
Before the opening of the Shenpu branch, the roads and trams in the Chinese and concession areas of Shenpu were covered with red and green slogans. It should be said that the momentum was quite huge.
Li Junshi said: "Go ahead and give the order. Don't go all together. Go in batches, twenty or thirty at a time. Don't let the sales department become deserted."
The agents from the Secret Service Department were asked to gather the number of people, which showed how deserted the Shenpu branch was.
Xie Xuan then took people from one department and one department to the Shenpu Branch of China Reserve Bank.
When I first arrived at the bank gate, I found that there were thirty or forty patrolmen outside the gate, most of them Japanese. It was obvious at a glance that this was to prevent Shancheng's agents from sabotaging the bank.
With so many patrol officers, how can ordinary people dare to come in?
After Xie Xuan entered with the people from Section 1, he walked into the third floor under the watchful eyes of the patrol officers.
This is the business department of the Shenpu Branch of the Reserve Bank of China. It has a long counter and a glass signboard that divides it into more than a dozen sections. There are crowds of people inside, and it looks like there may be two to three hundred people. The scale looks very large.
Those people mostly lowered their heads to write and seemed very busy. However, upon closer inspection, they were not working at all, but just scribbling casually. Some people were even drawing out of boredom.
After dozens of people from the Secret Service arrived, everyone went to open an account, which made the atmosphere in the bank suddenly lively.
Xie Xuan then reported these situations to Shancheng.
Dai Li expressed satisfaction with the situation of Shenpu Branch of China Reserve Bank. If things go like this, China Reserve Bonds will definitely not be circulated.
But Xie Xuan is also worried that continuing like this is not a long-term solution.
If China Reserve Bank bonds cannot be circulated, the Nanjing government will fall.
This matter is related to the life and death of the Nanjing government. They will definitely do everything possible, even if they use despicable and dirty means, to make the China Reserve Bonds circulate.
At least, in the occupied areas, the Wang Puppet Government still has methods.
However, Shancheng ignored Xie Xuan's reminder.
Even, a few days later, Ji Changqing, the specialist and sales director of the Shenpu Branch of the Reserve Bank of China, was shot dead.
Ji Changqing turned out to be the general manager of Huiyuan Bank on Ningbo Road in the concession. He lived at No. 7 Zhilanfang, Kaierzi Road, in the concession. He drove out in the morning and was attacked by military commanders at the entrance of the alley. He was killed on the spot.
Ji Changqing's death has made the situation of the Shenpu Branch of the Reserve Bank of China even more difficult. It can be said that there is no one in front of the bank.
This incident was done by Shenpu Station. Dai Li was very happy when he learned about it and specially issued a commendation order to Shenpu Station.
However, Xie Xuan was even more worried. If you can shoot people from the Reserve Bank of China, can the Secret Service also shoot people working at banks located in the concessions in Shancheng?
Sure enough, the Secret Service's revenge came quickly.
